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Jim Page
Jim Page

ROUGH STUFF

New York Times, Sunday, August 24, 1975

76-Down : Having braids

Author:
Jim Page
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 162, Blocks: 90, Avg Word Len: 5.42, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 687 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 155, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 21, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 18, Grid flow: 53.6
Jim Page has 84 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 70 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,507
Across
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Ridicule : MIMIC
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Claire et al. : INAS
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Fast jets : SSTS
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One of a non-waiting pair : TIME
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Sphere of activity : ARENA
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Saw logs : SNORE
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___ on (defer) : SLEEP
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Firebrand: Fr. : TISON
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Movie about baseball : BANGTHEDRUMSLOWLY
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Singer Mary : HEALY
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G.B.S. admirer : SHAVIAN
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Dump : HOVEL
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Prefix for maniac : MEGALO
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Dallas time: Abbr. : CST
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Pound and namesakes : EZRAS
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___ down (made up for) : LIVED
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Sharp ridges : SERACS
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German cry : ACH
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Word after can or ump : TEEN
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Sofa : DIVAN
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Gentle as ___ : ALAMB
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Tennis players, at times : SERVERS
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Blubbers : BREAKSINTOTEARS
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Asks, in Glasgow : SPEERS
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Breaks of a habit : WEANS
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Faculty member : DEAN
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Boozehound : SOT
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Brain passages : ITERS
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Rhythmic qualities : LILTS
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Hydrocarbon : TOLAN
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Lake of West : TAHOE
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Biblical mount : NEBO
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Coin of Cuba : PESO
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Farmer, in the spring : SOWER
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Deprive of : DIVEST
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Mouths : ORA
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Guerillas : BUSHWHACKERS
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Pointed arch : OGIVE
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Like some basses' mouths : LARGE
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Walking ___ : ONAIR
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Atomic pioneer : FERMI
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Water plants : ALGAE
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Embryonic unit : BLASTOSPHERE
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Pillow type: Abbr. : SFT
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___ oneself (skip) : ABSENT
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Old Finnish poems : RUNES
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Does a lube job : OILS
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River of France : YSER
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Minstrel-show Mister : BONES
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Bell sounds : DONGS
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Canvas support : EASEL
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Idaho city : BOISE
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Purchase: Lat. : EMO
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Secular : LAIC
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Baseball's Del : ENNIS
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Sty sounds : GRUNTS
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"Big Knockover" author : DASHIELLHAMMETT
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Malenkov et al. : GEORGIS
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"La Plume de Ma ___" : TANTE
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Appears : LOOMS
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Baby or chalk : TALK
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Xmas time : EVE
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Believes : TRUSTS
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Kind of raid or waist : PANTY
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Miss Adams : MAUDE
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Neck color : RED
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W. W. I soldiers : POILUS
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Golden ___ : HORDE
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___ contents : TABLEOF
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Yearn, Cockney style : ANKER
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U.N. sight : HAMMARSKJOLDPLAZA
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Cubic meter : STERE
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Dublin theater : ABBEY
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Marianne or Victor : MOORE
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Red dye : EOSIN
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Kind of pot or up : TOSS
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Honey drink : MEAD
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Eastern Eur. units : SSRS
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French snow : NEIGE
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Fairy queen : MAB
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Gershwin : IRA
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Haberdashery customers : MEN
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Noun suffixes : INGS
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Medical devices : CATHETERS
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In ___ file (queued) : INDIAN
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Mrs. Charles et al. : NORAS
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___ for one's money : ARUN
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Religious school: Abbr. : SEM
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Untidy people : SLOVENS
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___ up (in the bag) : SEWED
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"Do ___!" : TELL
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J. F. Cooper character : SPY
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Overtime situation : TIEGAME
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"The Manor" author : ISAACBASHEVISSINGER
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Gun gals : MOLLS
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Mother of Ares : ENYO
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Fine china : SEVRES
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Native of Bratislava : SLOVAK
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" ... cat that killed ___" : THERAT
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Upperclassmen, at times : HAZERS
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Hindu god et al. : SHIVAS
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Dividend fruit : MELON
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Italian town of W. W. II siege : CASSINO
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Symbol of authority : SCEPTER
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Crucial pitching situation : THREEBALLSNOSTRIKES
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Legal rights : LIENS
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Archenemy : SATAN
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Mild oath : DRAT
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___ Beach : VERO
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Where 34 Down reigns : BELOW
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Sluggard : IDLER
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Approaches : NEARS
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Praise, in Scotland : ROOSE
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Keep in : STET
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Thought's father : WISH
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___ majesty : LESE
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Yedo today: Var. : TOKIO
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Those garnisheed : OWERS
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Word for Clemenceau : TIGRE
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Biblical town : AVIM
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Sound in Washington : PUGET
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Exits hastily : SCATS
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Go-getters : DOERS
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Cereal grains : BRANS
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___ Ho (Yellow River) : HOANG
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French handles : ANSES
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U. S. author : AGEE
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___ due (matured) : FELL
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Snake : ABOMA
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Cook : BROIL
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One of a daily trio : LUNCH
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Lay down : POSIT
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Scoots : HIES
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Merry : FESTIVE
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Having braids : TRESSED
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Napping : ABED
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"It's ___ move" : YOUR
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Valleys : DALES
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Public or bitter : ENEMY
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Insects : ANTS
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Jimmied : BROKEOPEN
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Baltic natives : LETTS
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Intense actor : EMOTER
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Weakened : GELDED
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Trucking companies : HAULERS
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Take out a policy : INSURE
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Disturbed : ALARMED
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Grundy's birth day : MONDAY
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France's de ___ : GAULLE
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Drums : TABORS
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TV Indian : TONTO
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Brazil's Rio ___ : POMBA
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Barbara or Hoople : MAJOR
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Certain Christmas : PAST
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African native : HABE
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Ring decisions : TKOS
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Shipping hazard : FLOE
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See 88 Down : HAM
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Slipper sizes: Abbr. : SMS
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"___ live and breathe" : ASI
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Sharp turn : ZIG
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One, in Perth : ANE

Answer summary:
14 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 14 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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